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The Dark Forest

Written by: Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen - translator
Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
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Bloomsbury presents The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, read by Daniel York Loh.

Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon – soon to be a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.

Imagine the universe as a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, stealth is survival – any civilisation that reveals its location is prey.

Earth has. Now the predators are coming.

Crossing light years, the Trisolarians will reach Earth in four centuries' time. But the sophons, their extra-dimensional agents and saboteurs, are already here. Only the individual human mind remains immune to their influence.

This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from human and alien alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown.

Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.

Praise for The Three-Body Problem:
'Your next favourite sci-fi novel' Wired
'SF in the grand style' Guardian
'Mind-altering and immersive' Daily Mail
Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Novel

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2015 Cixin Liu and Joel Martinsen (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction

Critic Reviews

'A unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation, politics and history, conspiracy theory and cosmology.' (George R.R. Martin)

'Wildly imaginative, really interesting... The scope of it was immense.' (Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States)

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Gradual Beginning, Explosive Finale

I am writing this review after completing the trilogy. The character development of Luo Ji was remarkable, and Wade proved to be an exceptionally formidable figure.

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Just brilliant

So much science fictions details but great story telling. recommend anyone who had watched the three body problem to listen or read this, the 2nd season would be much more fun

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amazing series a must read

I enjoyed how things take a turn how the writer have thought about the new age era

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Pure science fiction

Enjoyed thoroughly. Can’t wait to read the 3rd book now. The TV series will have it’s own adaptations of course, but reading the book is definitely worth it for many reasons.

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Keeps you hooked up

The three body problem TV show introduced me to this amazing story. It's so much more unconventional than the sci-fi we are used to see. The twist in the plots were captivating enough for me to literally fall down as I was walking while listening to this audio book. Extremely exist for the 3rd book Death's End!

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Outstanding

Ones who know some basic science can very much create in their head what author has written.

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Brilliant!

Amazing scifi…nothing from the western fiction world comes close.must read.
The most important part of civilisational warfare is to be understood by the other side. Liu creates an immersive tale of intergalactic relationships and strategies and makes it clear to us how love transcends cultures

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A good continuation, very smart and great ending (despite feeling slow at times)

Definitely very intelligent, and a worthy continuation of the first part. Cixin liu is a master of making science fiction implementation feel like part of every day lives with too much ease. And weaves personal aspects and emotions of people into the story even better.

The only drawback is that this one does start to feel it’s length in the middle, slow and monotonous. But hang in there and the ending makes up for it (some aspects do look like a bit exaggerated unlike the first one though)

Will definitely read the third one too.

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mind blowing

what an unexpected climax loved every single moment of the book, science fiction at its peak

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Great narrattor better than the other one

This narrator is way better than the other narrator also the story is one of be best I've ever read

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